. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 21, 1907 -?^^^^ American l^ae Jonrnal 2S colonics of bees until this year. lie said he did not know whether they hau enough honey to winter or not, as he had not looked through them since last spring, but he believed there were only 8 or 10 colonies left now, as several dieti in the summer. Another man lost all of his bees last winter and spring, and so on. So we have that advantage. These men with their small apiaries won't be in the busi- ness when the next good year comes along, to glut the country store market w^ith lo-cent honey in 2 or 3 ye
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 21, 1907 -?^^^^ American l^ae Jonrnal 2S colonics of bees until this year. lie said he did not know whether they hau enough honey to winter or not, as he had not looked through them since last spring, but he believed there were only 8 or 10 colonies left now, as several dieti in the summer. Another man lost all of his bees last winter and spring, and so on. So we have that advantage. These men with their small apiaries won't be in the busi- ness when the next good year comes along, to glut the country store market w^ith lo-cent honey in 2 or 3 year old section-boxes. None of us know what the future may bring forth, but one thing we do know, and that is, in the past the good seasons have always come after the poor ones, and it is reasonable to expect that history will repeat itself in this respect. And if we are faithful during our trials and hardships in bee- keeping, we may expect to reap the profits when the good times come. The man who has a good-sized apiary, and has his bees in shape to meet the next good honey-year, is going to make some money at bee-keeping. So let us then carefully prepare our bees for winter, and look after them well in the spring, so that we may be prepared for whatever may come. Aaiything that is worth doing is worth doing well. Let us apply this rule to bee-keeping at all times, and if there be such a thing aa success, we will be sure to make its acquaintance. In most parts of Illinois, 50 to 60 colonies are enough in one apiary in average years. Let us be careful that the good years do not catch us with IS or 20 colonies and the poor ones with 100. If we liave 50 colonies in a very good year, tlK-.\' can be increased easily; and if we have 50 colonies in a fairly poor year, we will get more honey than if wc had a hundred, as we will have many thousand less consumers of honey. Wc should each study our locality, and aim to keep the number of bees our locality will support well in an average
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